The Sun. — London, England, 1838-05-24 00:00:00

InGH WATER A DON T(V,Z ORRO W. 61°r ninit ..... 17 tninut ( s titer N 3l Evening E ti ,31 K f 3.) WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW 3 i minutes after 3 INCORPORATED LONDON : THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1838 Lord JOHN RUS SELL sta t e d last night that he meant to ask biIEARDLEI WILMOT whether he intends to introduce any to Carr,. out the resolution for the immediate Abolition of e'Neg Apprenticeship. H e p rev i ous ly avow ed the intention t ! ' thero Ministers to oppose any such measure to the utmost of eir Poser ; and one Journal recommends them to rescind e resolution of Tuesday evening. But there are some con siderations which, duly weighed, should, we think, make the Ministers draw back from the hasty and somewhat pettish l'es°luti° n they announced by the mouth of Lord Jons RUSSELL iter the division. W( alluded to these considerations yester day. but they are worthy of being again enforced. Lore' STANLEY, b y hi s s il ence , tac i t l y re f use d to support hie uw n measure, and if he can throw off the ht , a„l-" he contracted in 1833, why should his then l e a gues, who are less i m pli ca t e d th a n he is, injure them -1 v es with their own party and friends to maintain Lord " 44141 .ey's m easure ? T hey have l ost Gl ouces t er b y th e i r obstinate defence of that Noble Lord's egregious failure, and : v ! ! 10 se every t own an d every c i ty — t h e i r on ly support— "erever a v acancy occurs, and they ' put f orwar d a can did ate 11°t Pledged to immediate abolition. As a party, they are r ain. Ing themselves by defending the interests of the rapacious cante rs ; clients—for and m ore ungrate f u l they are nearly all .ories--the Ministers coup! not have. Nor will they derive eit her strength or cons o l a ti on f rom an a pp a re n t adherence to t ri Ple, for their firmness is already described as a trick y th nei or jou rna l s , and as obstinacy by their friends. To g°vern i n accord ance w i t h th e w i s h es o f th e enlightened Public is their main principle, and in this instance they run counter to their own principles as well as offend their party. ilee•But are they sure that the appreutices, who have never In Consulted in these arrangements, will submit to them? of the Anti they are wholly emancipated ; in most . that it it is, we are informed, a common opinion, Z - it would be better if the emancipation were at 118eet completed, and in several the local Legislatures re vile]u legislate because they expect the Imperial Parliament t t ,. P u t an end to the apprenticeship. The Non-przedials are e t . ' .l e f ree on August Ist ; and the presumption therefore is, ti ' , 4 " t a : i more than once been stated, that the Prmdials,. after their time will not consent to remain in a worse condition than hi s , kll( vs. " How can you expect," said Mr. Bnewee, orek e ; th l u ent speech on Tuesday, " that security, peace, and th at ' ' i w ill be preserved, when the Negro on one estate sees the Negroes on another, no better than himself, are free— father and son are separated by your verbal barbarism s 41 , r dial and Non-prmdial ?" Now, his apprehension, we an by on good authority, is by no means visionary— ther"Y t hese who know the West Indies well—who have lived L ak e the greater part of their lives—who are planters, and fi 4 4 2, great interest in preserving tranquillity—it is on ti4ll"Y believed and predicted that not one Prmdial will con- . th e e his labour, as an apprentice, after the liberation of ar i\r °n-prwdi a l s on A ugust Ist. Th ey are d e t erm i ne d, t o th e assured, particularly in Jamaica, not to remain bound h, le eir mast ers a f ter that date, and the respons ibili ty o f any voi: l ' ec tion which m a y ensue , an d th e c r i me s a nd expense in bpil'e4 in supp ress i ng i t, w ill b e l ong to t h ose w h o o b st i nate l y Il kr Ol d a law w hi c h i s un j ust to t h e negroes , an d i s prove d to af.. e t, been a failure. And why, we ask, should the Ministers t,:ont and disgust their stanchest and almost their only poll friends in England, for the sake of incurring this responsibility e ri tt °I said there is a compact. But a few days ago it was tt ed in Parliament that the resolution of a departed House k l r4ernons did not bind the existing House of Commons, Th - e th ! . same circumstance is true of the whole Legislature. Nht to make whatever laws are necessary is never for from 4410t°'.(nent taken away the existing Legislature by any ale the sn antecedent Legislature. The present Parliament has k ey ] ri ghts and all the powers which belonged to any of its tk k ,, "'k'SSOrs. It', therefore, experience have demonstrated if ati`e Prentice of 1833 is a failure—that under it the have been worse tr!ated than were the slaves Pre lit e .Planters have not performed those services to the ap teot for which we gave them twenty millions, the pre pass 4egislature has a right instantly to repeal that Act, and 1` 0 ,, 4 "Y other law which is consistent with reason and justice. Of t ' is r g e the contrary is really to condemn the whole conduct ktt, le Whigs, from the passing of the Reform Act to their p r ' ll 4 , l to reform -' the Church, for not one measure have they pi ol °l3 °e , d whi c h has not trespassed on some interest, or .4 ted some such compact as is implied in the Act of k - , a a• It is of no consequence that the Acts they have set t le were passed long ago —except that time hallows and corms, rights originally created by laws, and the interest of t Pendaries should therefore be snore sacred than the interest 11 1 15l anters---and the Minister cannot allege the compact with I t i„P l anters, arising out o f an A ct passe d five years since, o ut condemning ever y one o f t h e i r procee di ngs as t c Ch urc h pr '' '' pi, er tY. In our opinion, both their interest and their princi eall on them not further to resist the abolitionists, in er to defend the planters to Al ! . CRE SWELL brings the subject of the Danish Claims 1 :5t. 11 , 4 , 14 before th e H ouse o f C ommons . W e trust thisis the Pari,'Z e that it will be ne cessar y t o ca ll th e at t ent i on o f th at : e nt and of the Government to this question. It is 118 th ul ill the highest degree, that claims so obviously just I)e r : se of th e su ff erers f rom t h e con fi scat i on o f B r i t i s h pro lio lt t i ci ta , k en at se a by t h e D anes more t h an thi r ty y ears ago 4 4 4 n 'l've remained to this day unsettled, and even un -sittuanwiedged ; and the disgrace is the greater, because it °l th e i nvolves s ome thi ng ver y lik e peculation on the part tite sne cessive G overn m en t s w hi c h h ave ru l e d thi s coun t r y 1 / a r 4°7 - What is the real state of the case ? We make 511 111"51 D enmark,without any of the usual preliminary_ for : e !eat ot s r ecognis e d b y t h e l aw o f nat i ons . The very first s ynip ger hostile f ee li ng on our p ar t is the bombardment of pi„ P " t al• W e r ifl e h er arsena l s, carry o ff h er navy b od i ly, sell t e s4 ler thu s acqu i red, and put the money i nto our pockets, h; , (11 chants " S S of the losses sustained by those of our own mer ilktlii.'l ' on whos e property t h e D an i s h G over nment very P j op 1 Y atil very pr o p e rly re t a li a ted ! Th e va l ue o f t h e , . 4 1. ''r , t37 1 , W hich we took f rom D enmar k was th r i ce as great as ttleh our Government is called upon to pay to herieller.--subjects for property which was actually' 4 0p,, 1 : 4 ( 1 by that Government, in consequence of the ll4y`e(lented and unexpected attack upon Copenhagen. c ' i t tli e ra i °ll eY has absolutely been set apart for the liquidation . ; -41 te arising out of that affair ; but because it suits the li nieb: sl certain refined politieians to draw a distinction clams to the vulgar eyes of ordinary persons between f f lil at 4 1 41 1, 8 of those whose goods were seized on shore and o er er e 'Lose. ships were taken at sea, the latter class of suf.. : 11 t)1 0 ,i' re sWindled out of their just rights, with a thousand far the h ar d s hi p o f t h e i r case !—W e re p ea t t h a t no /431'1 44 be more discreditable—and we may add—more un 4etite th an this t a mp er i ng w ith th e es t a bli s hed rul es o f rt. It ; tl ° ' ' .l he see n t h at Si r R OBRET P EEL ma d e a statement i n 4r rea s ' „lls e of Commons last night, from which it is to be in tse4n4 th4t the cours e w hi c h th e l ea d er o f the Op position 114 the pursue with re f erence to t h e I r i s h Corporationßill, Plai ptV 'llsb m easures generally, and wh i ch h e intends to ex nr) the House i n more d e t a il t o - morrow n i g ht, will not be 41'114 to the settlement of those measures; or, to use the Il~htßaronet's simple and peculiarly happy phraseo itllk.,„ rll not " obscur e th e p ros p ec t o f a sa ti s f a ct o ry ad- W e • t 'ale e glad of thi s , t h oug h t h ere are, as he seems to hi nt, 14 ti qp) 4ink'nr-linents to be moved by certain smallfry of Opp°- , fe r 'which be does not hold himself resp on sibl e . tb -e- night Mr. PLUMTRE, at the N est use of Commons ast 11at ;equest of his friends, withdrew for another Session, 14:51,-' vexatious Sabbath Protection Bill. We trust 4tltlltt:be Honourable Gentleman—seeing the spirit in which 14 Po rl -e H otlae and the country have oppose,i all legislation el this eve4ti ,8111)lect__will have the good sense, even at th e ee nr, to give up the measure altogether. The best tli gi ° f the S a bb ath , is the conscience of an essentially tir'us tlit e a People —and such, without question, are the peopl e o f K ingdom. k bri n def tte port of th e G reat R a di ca l Meetiii , 4 at Glasgow, A aY last, at w hi ch Deputations from the Working / 3 * f 'Associations o f L on d on and B i rmingham ass i sted, tr i ll i a N , °- ; 41 in our columns of this day. The object of the MeTet l'eps4i' t o origi nate vetitions to Parliament in favour of Liii `PaYni Sffr 'ge, An nua l Parlimients, Vote by Ballot, and the "Itlu e e ll te tU , ef Wages f or A tten d ance in Parliament. It was well tr nut ; but till the report of the speeches reach us, we iti l t P "Pre " any opinion r e s p ec ti ng t h e sent i men t s t ,.. , :kiaa s e :Vaded so orderly an assemblage of the work ". In a day or two we propose—when the speeches nre before us—to offer such remarks upon the object of this great meeting as may appear to us necessary for the welfare of the working men themselves, as well as for the guidance of any A iministration desirous of promoting their true interests, which, if properly understood, can never be incompatible with the welfare of any class of the community, The Chronicle of yesterday represented a Poor Law as essential to an effective systeni of police; and particularly supported the proposed measure of poor relief fur Ireland as an auxiliary to the repressive and penal establishments of the country. From the allusions made by our Contemporary to the changes which have been quietly made in England, in the holdiog and occu pying land, in conjunction with the Poor Law—to the difficulty of making such changes in the Highlands, where the Poor Law was not strictly executed, and where the assistance of men of war and troops was require&to sup port landlords in the process of clearing their estates—and to the impossibility of Irish landlords clearing their estates, because there is no Poor Law to provide for the destitute people, our Contem porary actually represents the Poor Relief Bill for Ireland as a means to enable absentee and other landlords, with more case and safety than at present, to turn the soil of Ireland to their exclusive profit, and to get rid of the people Such cannot be its object, and if it be, all tkose who have sup ported it, like ourselves, as giving protection to the poor against the landlords, and as founded on principles of charity and benevolence, will think it wholly unworthy of being coun tenanced. They will naturally ask what the landlords of Ire land have ever done for the community, that the Legislature roust hypocritically assume the characteristics of kindness to wards the people, only to cheat them into a further submission to the landlords, and into a consent ta be extirpated from the land, for the advantage of their careless and extortionate mas ters. Surely our Contemporary must mistake the objects of the Ministers, and misunderstand the scope of the Bill, or he would never so describe the former, as to excite painful sus picion ; and the latter, as to make it worthy of the most de termined hostility of the people, who, under pretence of being relieved, are to be easily swept from the land. Dr. CHaemErts in his lectures recommended the in crease of endowed clergymen to the attentive con sideration of statesmen, as a useful auxiliary to the police ; and according to our Contemporary, a Poor-law is to be given to Ireland. on the same ground as the Church is to be extended. Our institutions forbid to establish, et least in name, that all-pervading system of police which prevails iu France and Prussia, which has its scot i❑ the capital, ar.d spreads its ramifications to the most remote parts of the empire, fettering or destroying everything like independent individual will, and making every man in the community the mere crea ture of the cunning contriver of the effective police system ; and as this system, with all its mighty array of passports, and gen. iii darmes, and paid functionaries, in every village and ever ham let, cannot yet be openly introduced amongst us—it is to be in troduced covertly, according to our Contemporary, under pre tence of providing for the bodies, and, according to Dr. CUM,- MERS, under the pretence of taking care of the souls of the poor. For our parts we do not support the Poor-law for Ireland because it will contribute to the efficacy of the police ; and we hope that the Ministers will not disgust the English with it, by recommending it to the Irish landlords, as an auxiliary to their plans for clearing their estates. In Ireland the police is now required to levy tithes, and extort the payment of rack rents, and it is a terrible mockery of all our best affections to recommend a Poor-law to us as a means of making that police effective. It appears by the papers recently arrived from Upper Canada that THELLER, one of the persons condemned to death at Toronto, and whose reprieve excites the indignation of the cruel Orangemen of that province, was by birth an Irishman, though he had been fifteen years a citizen of the United States. It further appears, by his own manly address to the Judge, on being asked in the usual form why sentence of death should not be passed on him, that he was tried for treason on account of his birth-place, and found guilty, The trial and the conviction of such a person, at such a place, on such an account, must give rise, we think, to some startling reflections, particularly in those who have left, or are about to leave, the land of their birth, in order to find a happier, a safer, or a richer home in the United States of America. THELLER'S address is well calculated to aid the process of reflection ; but as we are able to insert it entire, we will not here quote any of its striking passages. TIIELLER was found guilty of treason on the law maxim that a man cannot throw off his allegiance to his natural Sove reign; that once a subject always a subject. This ►night be a suitable maxim six hundred years ago—but let us look at some of the consequences of it now. From every part of our crowded country emigrants go to the United States. They cannot find a living here, and there wide spread, unoccupied fertile fields woo their industry by the promise of a rich re ward. To stay here is starvation, and by going thither they obtain abundance and opulence. But such men it appears cannot throw off their allegiance to Queen VICTORIA and be come citizens of the United States. Now, can any thing be more absurd, than for the law to claim the allegiance of those men who are thus, by the strongest necessities of nature, driven from the land of their birth ? To claim it is truly ab surd, but on such a claim to declare a man guilty of a crime, which is not an offence per se, but only by lair, and only when unsuccessful—to sentence him death, to keep him months in prison, loaded with irons, is adding cruelty to gross absurdity. When we look to Irish men, of whom TIIELLER is one, the claim cf the law seems to us an utter abomination, which every man is bound to pro test against. Ireland is still more a prey to a redun dancy of people than England, and there the famishing wretches, " cleared" from an estate, driven out from their roofless holdings by a BERESFORD or a BANDON, have very often no resource, but to bind themselves to an American Caps: . i, who carries them across the Atlantic, and sells their servic when they arrive. They are compelled by those in whoa - :he law vests the property of the soil, and whom the law er...ourages to " clear" their estates, to !cave their native country, and when they procure in another the bread which their own denied them, the law still claims their obedience, ties them to starvation, treats them the Sallie as one of the favoured landowners, and declares them guilty of treason if found in the ranks of the defenders of their new country. We neither excuse nor defend TUELLER for joining the invasion of Canada : we give no opinion whether his offence deserved death or not ; but we assert that to condemn him to death on the ground that he had been guilty of treason, is a gross absurdity, and preg nant with most important consequences to our emigrating population. Now, to decide concerning men's lives or duties by the law maxim above referred to, brings unmeasured con tempt on the law which is so convlatel, unsuitable to the present circumstances of our people. The crime TIIELLER has been guilty of is one fact; to punish him as a traitor is another; and we doubt whether even his success, though he had devastated half Canada, could be so injurious to the best interests of humanity as continuing to act on the law maxim on which he was sentenced to death as a traitor. The Paris Journals of Tuesday bring an account of the funeral of Prince TALLEYRAND, the publication or which we are obliged to postpone till to-morrow, together with a few brief reflections upon the character of the deceased diplomatist, extracted from some of the leading F&ench Journals. The Chambers on Monday and Tuesday were engaged with the discussion of road and other Bills of not the slightest in terest to the people of this country. The trial of HUBERT and his accomplices is fast drawing to a close. It has been throughout an uncommonly stupid affair. Not one of the weightier charges against the accused have been substantiated in a manner that would satisfy an English Jur .) as to the bringing in a verdict of guilty. The news from the north of Spain is included in the annexed paragraphs : A Bayonne letter of the 18th instant mentions that Don Carlos re turned in person to Estella, and was there on the 13th, in consequence only of Guergue's arrival with fresh troops. The baggage, however, of the Prince had gone to Villafranca. No punishments of soldiers had taken place. A heavy contribution has been just laid by Dan Carlos on the wealthier inhabitants of Navarre and the other Basque provinces, and the town of Estella alone is taxed at 27,000 piastref. This measure, which the state of his finances rendered unavoidable, is expected to make Don Carlos very unpopular throughout the country. A letter from Estella states that when the impost of 27,000 piastres, under the name of a forced loan, was laid on the town, the collectors went from door to door arresting and conducting to prison all who did not instantly pay or give a guarantee for speedy payment. The same is said to be the case in all the towns and villages occupied by the Carlists. It is said that the province of Biscay alone is taxed at two millions of reals. The reimbursement of the I.,an has been promised for the month of September, and, if it is not effected at that time, the acknowledgments given for it will be received in payment of th e C ustoms duties. The indicateur ru Bourdeaux, of the 10th, says--" Yesterday, on the arrival of the diligence from Bayonne, the police arrested a person, just as he was taking his place for Paris. It is said that he is an agent of Don Carlos. It should seem that the capture is important."—Con stitutionnel. A postscript to a letter from Athens, of the '29th April, gives reason to hope that the troubles in Hydra would be shortly appeased. M. Kriezer, sent by the Government, had reported that the magistrates had recovered the exercise of their functions, and that the inhabitants were n'ady to receive their Governor. M. Kriezer had orders to continue the blockade of the island, to prevent any of the inhabitants from escaping, to deliver the authors of the disturbances to the tribunals, and to carry into effect the law on the conscription. This will probably be done, and legal order will be restored.—Gazette de France. FRENCH FUNDS. --Ems, MAY 2. hive per Cents., 109 f 10c. 35c. 40c. 25c. Four per Cents., 1021 . Three per Cents., Slf. 30c. 45c. 25c. Bank Actions, 2,720 f. , ttente de Naples, 10If. Roman Five r Cents., 101% Spanish Actives, 2;244 %44. Spanish Passives, 5 43%. Beletan Bank, 1,430 f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Coots. ri,yttan i.uan, 480 f. EXCHANCIit OA LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 42%c.; money, 25t. 42%c Three months, paper, 25f. 300.; money, 25f. tio. - LATEST PRICES. Five per Cents. 109 f. 45c. Three per Cents., 91f. 3.5 c. Bank Actions, 2,720 f. Romans, 1013 x. Belgian Bank, 1,430 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 25 Spanish Actives, 22%. Spanish Passives. 4X. Haytian Loan, 490 f. The Brussels and German papers received this morning announce the death of M. Von RUDIIART, late Prime Minister of Greece, which took place at Trieste on the 11th inst. M. Von RUDHART was in the forty-eighth year of his age ; and during his brief career as a statesman in Greece, was more noted for his subserviency to the views of Russia than for the efficacy of his endeavours to promote the true interests of King OTIIO and his subjects. His correspondence with the British Ambassador, Sir EDMUND LYONS, would afford matter. for a curious chapter in the anna►s of diplomacy. Greece, undoubtedby owes nothing to his memory—Great Britain, were it possible, still less. We therefore dissent from the conclusion at which the writer of the following paragraph, copied from a German Journal, so gliby arrives:— TRIESTE, May 19..—Yesterday morning early (as has been already stated) at. Von. Rudhart sank under the severe sufferings with which he was attacked here. He died in the full possession of all his faculties, and especially regretted not having seen his native country. All well disposed persons will learn with regret the loss of the excellent man whom we shall this evening follow to the grave on this shore, which is the connecting link between his own country and regenerated Greece, which will assign him an honourable place in its annals. Count NESSELRODE and Prince METTERNICH are the states men upon whom properly devolves the duty of perpetuating the memory of the Ministerial career of poor Von RUDIIART. - DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, MAY 22. Money Bills Amu-Al Debt, 25 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Am:art Syndic, 4% per cent Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 794 791 i Commercial Company, 40; per cent Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Loan 1536, 4 per cent Ditto 1837, 6 per cent. ..... ql 4 99% Exchange on London, One month.... ...... Two months ...... F;ELciIAN I. UNDS —BaussEL,,, MAY 1.2. Actual Debt, 8 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. llr2 Loan of Thirty Millions 93 Loan of City, 1532, 4 per Cent 97 Society or Commerce, 4% per Cent 165 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent... National Society —. _ . ,z•erussels Papers, May 21. AUSTRIAN VUNDS.—Vicxxs, MAY 11. i'ive per Cents. Metalliques FOH i per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares ... 1451 —Allgenzeine Zeitsng, May 19. i - 1A MB/1 RC, LORSEN HALLE, MAY 19. Bills. Money Austrian Metal l:ques, 5 per vent. Ditl.... ditto 1 per cvnt. Ditto ditto 21 per cent, — Ditto Bank Shares '427 14,,:5 . 4 -nglo-Russian Low -, lOB% lef., Paper Inscription, ti per cent .... Russian 5 . ', .)1 , - • per cents. _fetal. Russian Inscription, Hope awl Co., 3d and 4th Series 97 98% Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent -- Dutch * 2 per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish Londs, 3 per rents. - New Tickets. .. Anglo-Danißh Loan, 2 Per cents 72 t:, 72 Norwegian Lean or 18:1-i, 1 per cc.its Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Ceut5.......„, ..... ...„ _ _ Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent l9 IS% Greek 4 per cents. IST3, guaranteed hv Prance EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAmouttc, MAY 18 --!3 91 A : two months, 13 BM. —.Hamburg Papers, May 19. We have advises front Madrid of the 14th inst., which state that the Government is taking measures for raising a forced loan of two millions of reals, !.o be paid by the province of Andalusia alone. A Carlist conspii;..t or had b-2en discovered in Malaga. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE 0' CLOCK. From Canton papers received to the 11th January, we extract the following commercial remarks : " CorroN.—The market has experienced no improvement in de mand. Prices remain without alteration. Cotton Yarn—little doing at present. Long Cloths—Little doing. Opium—Prices of Bengal drug have materially declined. Woollen—Little doing." We have received Sydney Papers to the 9th January, from which we copy the following : " IMPORTANT TO SETTLERS.—NeatIy one thousand individuals have arrived in the Colony within these last few days, by the ships Henry Wellesley, Sir Charles Forbes, Alfted, and Neptune, making a total in crease of more than ten thousand persons (free and bond) within twelve months—about 12 per cent. c n the entire population. It is likely that the increase during the present year will be quite as large, and the con_ sequence must be, that flour, beef, mutton, and other farm produce, will rise in price." From Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 25th March, we extract the " His Exeilency the Governor left town on Thursday for the frontier. A letter has been received in town, dated Colesberg, 12th March, as follows :—" I wrote you last week that we had received a report that most of the Tribe Boer had been massacred; since which I have received further evidence from two farmers who have just arrived from the scene of action. Four hundred men had left the camp to chastise Dingman for his treacherous attack. About the same number were left in the camp for its defence. The farmers were present when the camp was sacked, and say that they have seen quite sufficient to prevent their joining the number. A number of farmers have left the Kat River to assist Maritz." THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed heavy yesterday at 94i i both for Time and Money, opened this morning at the above price.:, with little doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 64 66 ; India Stock, 0 701 271; Bank Stock, 204 205. In the Foreign Market, Spanish closed 21i 3, opened 213 il with Coupons; Portuguese, 343 351, opened same; Three per Cents., 23i 24 ; Brazilian, 80L- to 81 ; Mexican, 27l 28; Colombian, 27i to 28; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54i j. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Sh a re. British Iron Company Paid. Bristol and Exeter Railway Com pany ISO ii 8 !11.,i % Brighton Railway Company ... 8 8 5Vii vondon and Blaakwall Railway ... 5 514 Lomion and Ilirmingham Railway Company 9O 176% 7% 6% Ditto 4 Shares 5 30% 3 4 London and Southampton (New) Railway lO 304 2 London and Croydon Railway Company 2O _ _ Ditto New Scrip aid - luster and Birmingham Railway 7 8% 98% Asphalte, Claridge's Patent 2 Do. United States... - 2 % % Bitumen Bastenne and Gaujac Do. Polonceau .... 2 2% Colonial Bank ts Galvanized Iron Company PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 22. 3 per Cent. Consols 9'2% Grand Canal Debs. 6 per cent. 92% N . per Cent. Stock lOO%l Ditto, 4 per cent. ... ..... ~.., Ditto Reduced --i Flibei nian Bank 24 Ditto New, MO 3Debentures 2 Bank Stock -. 33% Ballast Office Debentures,4 p er Grand Canal Stock ...... Royal per Canal Cent. :t:ick HALF-PAST OIVE A number of persons have left the City and Stock Exchange to wit. ness the floating of the immense steamer, the British Queen, from the Docks into the River, and consequently little business has been doing either in commercial affairs or the funds. The rage for steam intercourse to all parts of the world Is now carried to such a pitch, that we find in the American Papers steam_ vessels advertised to proceed to China. Consols have been during the morning at 9.41 for Money; and Ac count ; the market in general appears firm. Exchequer Bills lower 65 ; India Bonds 67 70; Bank Stock 204 i 2051 ; India Stock lower 270 , In the Foreign Market South American Stocks receded, and heavy. Spanish Active with Coupons 211 v ; Portuguese steady at 344 35 ; Three per Cents. 23i 24 ; Brazilian SOil SI ; Mexicali lower 26 27 ; Colombian 271 ; Dutch 21 ; There is some business doing in the Railway Shares, but nothing in he Asphaltes. THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent. Cons 94% Ditto Old Annuities — 3Ya per Cent — LAtto New Annuities 3y2 per Cent. Bed loi , ' , !Fx. Bills, 1. 0 001.......'2d.......65 pie. New 3;4 per Cent 102%! Ditto 50' 1 65 pir Long Annuities to expire , Ditto 5001 65 pir Jan. 186 , Oct. 1850 Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent 100% Portuguese i;onds, 5 per cent. . 73 Belgian, 5 per cent .— Mitt() % 7 ew Ditto Brazilian Bonds ,014 I Prus,iian, 5 per cent Buenos Ayr s, 6 per cent - , Russian Bonds, 5 per cent 112% Civilian, 6 per cent - Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent , Spanish, 5 per cent 21% Ditto, 1824 !:7 Ditto, Consolidated . _ iA t _ , Danish, 3 per cen - 7,% French, .5 per cent. —f. —, Greek Ponds, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange —r —c Mexican, 5 per cent French, 3per cent Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 !lntel), :'34 per cent. Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent. — Ditto, 5 per cent. lOO% (CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.-(THIS DAY). Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Bristol and Exeter hallway Cheltenbarr and Great Western Raiw a y 234 Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 4% London and Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway Ditto'Quarter Shares 30% London ..ud Southampton (New) 3034 London and Croydon Railway London and Croydon Railway (New Scrip):3pm London Grand Junction Raiiviay .... - Manchester and Birmingh am It ailwai 8 NorthftValand 13...i'way National Loan Fund .. 3 LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM'—Yesterday the eleventh Anniversary festival of this institution was celebrated at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand. Harvey Combe, Esti., in the chair. The company was very numerous, completely filling the large room, and highly respectable; and their benevolence was testified by the magnifi cent amount of their subsriptions. On either hand of the Chairman were seated Mr. Byng, M.P., Lord T igninouth, M.P., Captain Wood, 111 . 1' * , Captain Alsagcr, M.P., Mr. Horsley Palmer, illessrs. Delafield, &c. According to the official return to Colonel Sibthorp s motion, the total amount of silver Joe; or fourpenny pieces, which have issued out of the Mint is 89,3254, and the number of pieces 5,359,500. THE EXPORTAT ION OF THE PRECIOUS ME ilas.—The exportation of gold an d silver coin from the port of London to foreign ports for the past week, eliding the 23d i ns t an t , i s as un der:— Gold coin to New South %Vales, 375 ounces; silver ditto, ditto, 8,000 ounces; ditto, Canton, 39,590 ounces; ditto, Hamburg, 16,600 ounces. Captain Marryat has applied to the proper in New York for an injunction t o p revent the publication of some of his, . productions. He has obt a i ne d it ; and much of the argument of inter national copyright, both p ro an d con. will, be brought before a legal tribunal. Court On Tuesday, the infant daughter of the Prince and Pr:ncess of Capita was christened by the Very Reverend Dr. Griffiths, ritular Bishop of London, in the presence of a numerous circle of friends and relations. The following arc the names in which the young Princess has been baptized :—Victoria Augusta Ludovica Isabella Ame -1:a Philoniena Helene Penelope Borbone. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) WESTMEATH, The Committee met at two o'cl,ck, bnt. owing to the absence of Mr. Thornhill, one of the Members, who did not arrive till half-past two, they did not proceed to business till that period. Mr. WRANGHAM opened the case for the petitioners, alleging that the majority of 400 which appeared for the Sitting Members was composed of merely colourable and illegal votes, and that the system of registration which had been adopted was utterly fallacious. [To be concluded in our Second Edition.] THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA v, MAY 24. Isms:. DEVIZES. The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, when Mr. AUSTIN commenced his reply to the arguments adduced }ester. day in support of the vote of James Smallbones, which had been ten dered on behalf of the petitioner. The question, he said, simply was whether Mr. Smallbones was rated or not. If be was legally rated he ought to be placed on the poll --if not, his name ought to be rejected. It appeared that there had been thirteen rates, and that he was correctly described on all of them except two.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Austin) would, how ever, confine his observations to one of the rates, because it was quite immaterial whether Mr. Smallbones was rated to twelve of the rates, if his name was omitted from the thirteenth. If not rated n the thirteenth, he might as well not have been rated on any. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to contend that Mr. Smallbones was not duly rated according to the requisites of the 27th section of the ieforin Act, he not having been rated to all the rates in respect of the premises which he occupied. In illustration of his arguments he cited ~n d commented on a grear number of cases, and did not conclude his powerful reply until about a quarter past one o'clock. The room was then cleared and not opened again until a few minutes i.eforc two. The CHAIRMAN then said—The Committee have decided that the vote of James Smallbones be placed upon the poll of the petitioner; add. lug, that it was the unanimous opinion of the Committee. Mr. COCKBURN, under these circumstances, requested an adjourn ment until to-morrow morning, in order to ascertain the number o f o.es which might be affected by the decision just given. It might : , ave the effect of saving, the time of all parties. Mr. Sergeant MERF.WETHER consented, and the Committee then ad .;9l, rned until to-morrow morning at eleven o'clock. GALWAY. The Committee met at one o'clock. Lord Viscount MORPETII in the Mr. 1 lIESIGER opened the case for the petitioners, stating that the two questions which would be submitted to the Committee were—first, whether Mr. Lynch was disqualified from sitting in Parliament by his having been appointed a Master in Chancery; and secondly, whether notice having been given to the electors of such disqualification, the votes of Mr. Lynch were rendered null and void. Mr. Lynch had been appointed Master in Chancery on the 6th February, but the election , :.)mmenced on the 12th. The numbers were— For Mr. Lynch.. Sir V. Blake Majority for Mr. Lyneh....... 286 It would be proved that distinct notice had been given to the electors of Mr. Lynch's disqualification, by a clear provision the Act of Parliament; and, under these circumstances the Learned Counsel argued (citing several cases in support of his argument) that all the votes polled for Mr. Lynch were essentially bad, and that the elec_ tion must be declared to have fallen upon Sir V. Blake. Now the main question undoubtedly was, whether the office of Master in Chancery came within the prohibitory provisions of the 6th of Anne. The Masters in Chancery attended the House of Lords as messengers to the Commons. In ancient times they were summoned to the Upper House, as also, in olden times, was the Attorney-General. And till compara ' tvely a late period, neither that law officer, nor any judge could sit in the House of Commons. As no objection, however, bad ever made to the sitting of Masters in Chancery in the House of Commons on this ground, it was perhaps too late to snake an objection on principle. But, by statutes regulating the office of Master in Chancery, the Learned Counsel contended that the disqualification was created. The 3d and 4th Wmilliam IV., vested the appointment to the office of Master in Chancery in the Crown, and a salary of 2,0001. fixed. By the Act of Settlement, persons holding any office or pension under the Crown, were excluded from the House of Commons. The 4th Anne (before the Union), the provisions of which were copied into the oth Anne (rendered necessary by the Union), repealed the sweeping exclu. sion, excepting in certain cases, and the 25th section of the Act provided that no person holding any office of profit under the Crown, which shall since Oct. 25, 1705, have become created or erected, shell be capable , of sitting and voting, or of being elected a Member of Parlia ti:hisac3nt3t.,oflibylcle3seactna';e4nsw‘evilticil,oli.nnittNeh,n;ed that the word" created" meant "cease to exist,"and that the word "erected" meant "establish anew,"or "settle"and that the appointment to the office of Master in Chancery having in hlaeTerforofthtel e fi s r e st e two veste vested definitionsi t the Crown,and that haling been " settled anew" since 1705, it might be correctly said to have been " erected" since that time. He therefore contended that the office was clearly within the terms of the disqualifying provision of the 6th Anne. CHANCERY COURTI-T(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Trinity Term, the LORD CHANCELLOR did not take his seat in. his Court ztt Westminster till nearly twa o'clock, having to entertain the Judges, Masters in Chancery, and Queen's Counsel to breakfast at his house in Bruton.street. His Lordship, on taking his seat, was accompanied by the Vice-Chancellor, and Masters Wingfield and Farrell. His Lordship proceeded with appeal motions. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS IIL Y.) DEAL, Mer 23. Wind, W.S.W„ moderate.—Arrived and pro. ceeded for the river, the Belle, Morrison from Sligo ; Saladin, from the Mediterranean; Mount St. Elphinstone, Toiler, from Calcutta; Scotia, from India ; Abercrombie Robinson, Scaft, from China; Louisa, Wright, from the South Seas ; Sylph, from Guernsey ; Arissa, from Singapore. Came down from the river the St. Andrew Hammond, Newby, for the South Seas ; Hero, Smith, from Belfa , t ; Eliza, Mann, from Bombay ; Chasc, Mitchell, froni Cadiz. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind, N. W., fine.---Arrived the Numa, (transport) from Barbadoes ; Sovereign, Ditto, from Bermuda; Hotspur, Ditto, from Malta. Arrived off North Breton, Tyall, from Sydney. The Susannah Ann has been surveyed and commenced lighteniii,s, she will be places on the shipway to-morrow, for a further inspection. PLYMOUTH, MAY ‘22.—Wind, N. N. W.—Arrived the Patriot, Oliver, from Galinoli. Arrived oft; the Nestor, Pigeon, from Odessa. Sailed the John Wesley, Havelock, from Altona. FAtmotrli, MAY 22.—Wind N.N. W. to N. W., fresh breezes and fine.—Arrived the Symmetry, Perrin, from Odessa; Maria, Asanter, from Venice. Arrived off port, the Rose, Baylis, from Demerara; Alexander, Self. f rom Honduras; Rosalind, Dunstone, from Galipeli. Sailed the Hagen, Talvorsen, for Braserve, speaking the American Brig, John Rcdd, from Havre de Grace for Baltimore, 10th Inst. in lat. 44 34 N., long. 9.4 W. by the Alexander. LIVERPOOL, MAY .23.—Wind N. W. fresh.—Arrived the Emily, Dun bar, from Calcutta; Victoria, Yates, from Paraiba; Ellen, M c Donald, from Jamaica; Falcon from Barbadoes ; Martha, Martin, from Barba clocs ; Grace, Pearson, from Antigua ; Margaret from Sierra Leone and Antigua; Caledonia, P itcher, ; Ves p asian, Winso r ; M`LeUum, Fri sene ; Ocimulgee, Levitt; and Hobart, Seldon, from New O r l eans ; Ambassador, Upton, from New Orleans and Nassau ; New-Hampshire, from Warrington; M ar g aret S cott, Scott, from Natchez ; Hannibal, Muinford, and Asia, Hannah, from Mobile ; N ono h ase f , D av i s, f rom Charleston : Cassandra, Apalachicola, and Treutor, from Savannah ; Pandis, Upton, from St. Josephs, Elizabeth, Bentley, from St. Johns, New Brunswick ; Pet, Stone, from Smyrna : Clyde, from Trieste ; Cy nosure, Brice, from Trieste ; Rebel, from Sicily; Yagoo, from New Or leans. Arrived off Port, the Theodosia from Calcutta ; Thomas Bat tersby, from Maranka s ; C y bell, from Peruumbuca, Birkley, from Bar badoes ; Richmond , from New Orleans ; Ocean, from Baltimore ; North America, Newrri York.A CREEK, :3.—Arrived the Mary Halkett, f rom C onstant i nople. mAr M ARGATE , MAY 23. — Arrived off, Britanni a , D o b ret, from Figueira. Soma', 21.—Arrived off, the Forager, from Grenada. WEvstrarrir, ‘23.—Arrived the Francis, Fov, from G a llipoli. "" _ _ . . _ on' Clo S n in b g e Singapore. r f e r . oin M i‘ i i i y A ' ,i i .1 . 32.-3.—ArArrivrie:,,eodtro,frt,heoSiein jgoahpaonren,efsr, PORTLAND, DARTMOUTH, Buenos Ayros; and Eleanor, Turney, from Barbadoes. BRI STOL, MA , 23.—Arrived the Clementina, from Faro. SLIGO, MAY 2l.—Arrived the Thetis, Davis, from London. LEITH, MAY 21.--Arrived the Victoria, Flint, from Rostock. FZSHRRROW, MAT 22.—Arrived Staffette, Zimmerman, from Memel. BRIDLING - I'ON, Mar 43.—Arrived the Ellen, Johanne, from Laurrig. HULL, MAY 23.—Arrived the Guitar, Schmidt, from St ra l sun d . Providentia, from Stettin ; and Metta Catharina, from Kiel. POOLE, MAY 23.—Arrived the Faine, Tubb, from Cadiz. WELLS, MAY 23.—Arrived the Willielmine, Obitz, from Stottin ; and Providence, Thomson , from Kiel. The David Morier, Laverfield, from Jamaica to London, was wrecked on Castle Island, near Crooked Island, 10th ult. The Bienenstock, Klhyn, from St. Jago de Cuba, put into Bermuda in distress, and must discharge, having struck on a rock—bound to Hamburg. The Bermuda, Petty, from Porto Rico, put into Bermuda in distress having been run foul of—bound to Newfoundland. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARRET. Fish to-day were rather dearer. Turbot, ss. to 18s. and 19s. ; Soles, D. to as. per pair; Cod, Is. 6d. and 2s. and 6s. ; Salmon, Is. 6d. per lit—the best considerably higher. Meat—weather unfavourable to trade. Beef, 6id. to 8c1.; Mutton, 7d. to Bd.; Veal, Bd. to 9id. ; Pork, 7d. to Sid. Vegetables in fair supply and price, without any variation, this being a retail market. Hay and Clover fetch much the same money as before. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. The supply of Fi s h was no , quite so good to.day, and prices were rather higher. Turbot 4s. to 20s. ; Soles 9d. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters I s , sd. to 3s. for good ; Salmon Is. for the lowest, up to 4s. per lb. for the best; Cod Is. to ss. each ; Mackerel 3d. to Sd. each. HAY MARKETS. The demand for dry provender continues, and the supplies every way are adequate to meet it; prices much as before. Meadow Hay, 90s. to 1055.; Clover ditto, 105 s. to 1155.; Straw, 38s. to 445. COLONIAL MARKETS. There is still in this great department of business that dearth of de. mand for which this market, in common with most of the wholesale markets, has for some time been characterized. To.day the sales were very insignificant, bales of St. Domingo Coffee , and 25 ba g s consisting only of 178 hhds. and 25 trs. of New Barbadoes Sugar 804 Pimento. The Su gar Market was inanimate, muc h as quo t e d ye s t e rd a y hut prices not l ower. Brown, British plantation 5 2 5 . t o 55 5. 6d . Yellow, low and , good, 58s. to 625. lid. ; fine, 625. to 650. Barbadoes s:ad at 595. to 665. according to quality. Fine crushed refined Sugar at 355. We have heard this morning that the David Morns, on her way 1 . 5 out Jamaica with 700 casks of Coffee, is totally lost. This, though a rest loss to some individuals is too small to affect the market. The rarcel of 804 bags of St. Domingo put up to - day, did not all sell; vilat scent fetched former prices, say 425. to 445., for ordinary 1) good ordinary, In fact the whole of the Colonial Market is now in that stupid state, that it is difficult to conceive from ,ner The lar ge arrivals have caused this departmen t t o b e d e p resse d. whenee the p ower i s to come that is to move it. Tea i s fl a t b u t no t Pimento fetched much about former prices. Every other commodity seems motionless. For to-morrow the public sales are very light, corn_ ',rising only about 244 boxes Havannah Sugar, 1,200 bags East India Rice, 1,000 b ags• Mauritius Sugar, and about 1,500 bales Madras, Surat, and American Cotton. The imports to-day are light. LIVERPOOL COTTON al RKET, MAT 23. There has been a good demand for Cotton again to. day, and we are .ad to add a small advance in price, since fd. since Friday ; the sales .ave been chiefly American, an d speculators have taken about 1,000 lyags of good fair —the total amount of the sales exceeds 4,500 bags. MARYLEBONE VESTRY.—Great exertions are •raking by the Tories of Marylebone, under the guise of Reformers ca lling themselves the " Marylebone Association," to procure the elec t ion of antLreformers as Vestrymen of Marylebone. They wish to turn ~ u t the Reformers, who have in that parish, within six years reduced the rates from 1 56,000/ to 84,000!. per annum ; but the list of candidates hey support contains no less than thirty-seven out of forty of persons •rho voted for Lord Teignmouth. The parishioners are not, we are sure, to be caught by such worthless chaff, and are much ton wise to ;; iveup the substantial benefits of their reformed vestry for the empty promises of the Conservatives. COVNT-GARDEN THEATRE. Sheridan Knowles's new play. entitled Women's Wit ; or.lhe Arts of Love, was brought out at this theatre last night. The house was crowded ; the applause fervent; and the play throughout as successful as honest James could possibly desire. The plot is something to the following effect :—Lord Athunree, a titled profligate, who, in the expressive dic tion of the author, " Owns no curb of honour," entertains base designs on the virtue of Hero, the fair, high-spirited, and romantic niece of Sir William Sutton. A gallant young knight, Sir Valentine de Grey, is deeply enamoured with the lady, but he has seen her waltz with the libertine Lord ; he reads the lady a lecture on the subject, and she to be revenged has recourse to woman's wit; she assumes the garb of a Ouakeress, and by the assistance of Obadiah, her servant, obtains interview with her lover at the family country-seat in Greenwich ; ;it ought to have been mentioned, that the time of the drama appears to be laid somewhere about the gay and voluptuous period of Charles the Second.) Obadiah has previously given Sir Valentine to under stand that Hero has a sister so much alike, that but for her subdued manner and simple attire she might be taken for the same person. The parties meet, and the young gallant is smitten by the unaffected grace and charms of Ruth, who in turn lectures hint severely on the vanities of his high sounding name and title; so touch so that he consents if she will but love him, to lay aside his gay and flaunting dress, and be called plain Peter. Meanwhile Walsingham, a man of sen timent, and Eustace, a gentle youth, ale brought forward; the former has deeply loved a lady, who in the drama is supposed to have fallen a foul victim to the snares of the miscreant Lord Athunree: Eustace, though in male attire, bears such a striking resemblance to the lost love of Walsingham, that the latter resolves to cherish him as a brother. As the action of the play proceeds, they meet Lord Athunree, whom Eustace denounces as a murderer; a hostile meeting is appointed for the following clay; Lord Athunree has other business on hand ; he de termines at ail hazards to put himself in possession of Hero, for which purpose he hires one Lewson, a miserable creature, to do his work. They concoct a scheme—Lewson is to break into the house occupied by Hero, at Greenwich, and Athunree is to make his appearance, apparently to succour the lady, but in truth to carry her off. This design, however, is frustrated partly by certain compunc tious visitings felt by the ruffian Lewson, but chiefly by the miscar riage of a note in which is written his instructions. The plot is thu, discovered, and a warrant is issued for the apprehensi on o f L or d Athunree, who is proved guilty, and quits the scene in merited dis grace. Finally, Eustace turns out to be none other than the former eve of Walsingham, and the long lost sister of Hero ; she (Hero), too, raving abandoned the guise of the fair Quakeress, meets Sir Valentine de Grey in her own character. A mutual explanation takes place, and they arc left in happy posses ion of cacti other. It will be seen from the above slight analysis of the plot, that it is something of a complex character—in fact, has a little Irish confusioi: in it; still, it is interesting.- deeply interesting, and the characters, which arc numerous, have all that "mark and likelihood" with which Knowles is so successful in investing his dramatis person v. The great charm of the play is, indeed, its developement of character—which the author seems co understand thoroughly. Hero is an exquisite creation, abounding in touches of sentiment truly Shakesperian ; and as full informed with life and animation as a young lady on the eve of her first ball. What can be more true:to nature than her reflections upon love We subjoin this exquisite passage, which Charles Lamb would have boen in extacics with, and which is worthy of Beaumont and Fletcher. HERO—She did ! You know not when A woman gives away her heart. At times She knows it not herself. Insensibly It goes from her! She thinks she hall it still— If she reflects—while smoothly runs the course Of wooing ; but if happy conies a cheek:— An irrecoverable—final one— Aghast, forlorn—she stands, to find it lost, A;,l with it ail the world." The part of Hero—a difficult one—was admirably played by Miss Faucitt with a freshness—a vivacity—and a thorough insight into the idiosyncracy of the character not often displayed on our modern stage. It is paying this promising young lady no unmerited compliment when we say that her consummate acting —more particularly as the Quakeress—was one of the main causes of the success of the play. Macready had little to do, but what little he had, he turned to admirable account, and gave an emphasis and significance to sentiments and images which a less accomplished actor and well educated gentleman would have passed wholly unnoticed. Mr. Harley's mock-quaker was laughable and amusing, and laughter, we presume was the sole aim he had in view. Miss Taylor, as Helen Mowbray, performed with her usual tact and spirit ; and Mr. Warde, as Lord Athunree, made a very exemplary villain. The poetry of the play is cordial and natural throughout, and occasionally highly impassione.l Indeed the author, like Burke, seems to grow more isnaginativeas he grows older; and: if he" progresses" at the same rate, we shall not despair of seeing him cor ae close to Shakspeare by the time he has reached his eightieth birth-day.. We wish, however, he would not so studiously affect the Elizabethan dialect; but write, like Sergeant Talfourd, in the vernacular of his day. Asa specimen of his style, we quote the following passages, the first of which strikes us as being perfect of its kind. Observe how exquisitely selected is the epithet " golden :" Hxao.—Whether mine eye with a new spirit sees, Or stature is grown lovelier, I know not; But ne'er, methinks, was sunset half so sweet! He's down, and yet his glory still appears, Live to the memory of a well.spent That's golden to the last, and when 'tis. oer, Shines in the witnesses it leaves behind. LEWSON (Entering in disorder.) " I cannot do't I Heaven's on the watch against it! "Ds said it guards the good, and if it does, Its spirits sure are here—they are!—or why This fearful awe come over me ? I feel As eyes were on me, that I cannot see-- Above me lips that speak but are unheard— And hands that have a thousand thou sand times The power of flesh and blood, yet lack the bulk . Of air Heaven will not have it be—it sets Before mine eyes the fruit of what I've done— To warn me back from what I've come to do. That hapless maiden owes her injured name To me ! I was the instrument to ruin her, To fix on her the wanton's brand, that ne'er In thought it seems did know the wanton's stain. To Oamn in this world, what i' the next is blest: Oh heavy sin —Go, sin no more! How's this? Go, sin no snore! So said the book to me. Then Heavers doth care for sinners, it should seem! A blessed book ! I'll go and sin no more! The chime! It lacks a quarter of an hour, The very clock doth watch me. Was't the hour, The'y'd have me in their fearful toils again ! Away I away ! speed feet, while ye are free, Softly and swift—the minutes fly ! away !" Lord ATHUTREE.—Her waist was in my custody; Her white arm hanging from my shoulder, where Her hand did freely couch. " Your game goes well !" I whisper'd her ; " Play boldly, and 'tis yours , The measure this to set the outline off! Give sway thy rich figure! Abandon thee To the spirit of the dance! Let it possess thee! Float thee as air were footing for thee ! stud Thy cheeks with smiles of fire, and give thine eye The lightning's dazzling play! fix them on mine, That each do feed the other's, like to tongues With converse waking converse!" Thou should'st have seen the issue on't— While, like a pupil at a task he loves, Whose aptitude with eager will outstrips His master's bidding, she was twenty times The thing I wish'd her! How she rose and sank With springy instep, while her yielding waist— Well as her waving neck, her beauteous head— Did show her fair and falling shoulders off! A world she look'd and moved of passionate Quick sense—of loveliness and joyousness— And, Ibe sure, did show its reigning lord! Nor with the measure did dominion cease; But when her drooping lids, relaxed steps, Disparted lips, and colour vanishing, Gave suite she must give o'er—her languid :form, Close girdled by my arm—her hand in mine„ Her cheek for pillow on bay shoulder laid, I led her to a couch, where courtesy Of course admitted tendancc ! FELTON.—Are you not fond of dancing,, then ? SIR VALENTINE.—I am. Innocent pastime taken innocently In holiest mood! But there are natures, Sir, That should eschew it—which 'tie pernici ous to— As wine, that's mirth to some, to some is i nadness ! I find no fault with dancing! 'Tie an act; Sets beauty ofF, proportion, grace; when these Are too set offby modesty. For men, And women more especially, of the vein That's opposite, I'd have them lookers oin- - For their own sakes first —next for the saki of these; Who what they'd blush to do, do grieve to see Enacted. SIR VALENTINE—She danced with light ness more Than lightest measure warranted. Nothii A modest woman does—say that it touches. The utmost verge of license—but that ci nuture, Of better proof than zone of adamant, Its holy and offence_repelling tires Doth wave around her, that the libertine; Unwon by honour, yet is tam'd by awe ! She (tailed to gladden eyes whose burnin g gla:ices Turn thoughts of honest men on dashin g swords, On flame at stains washed out alone by Wood ! The empire of her beauty giving prey To parasites, who love for their own end And by their homage shame ! llEno What a fate w; is her's! Of all I valued, she the being was I least could measure worth with. Of el I grace, The pattern was she —person, features, xr dud, Heart, everything, as nature had assay 'd To frame a work which none might find, a flaw in ! And yet 'tis said, she fell—and if she di Let none be sure they'll stand! She c' yaldn't fall! There's,such a thing as purity on earth. , And if she fell, there could be no such t! sing! She didn't fall !—no! no !---I knew her„ or I never knew myself! Virtue with h( a • Was not a lesson we must con before 'Tis learn'd by heart; it was a portion so f her, Much as her stature, feature, limb, or sh ape, Which, saving Nature's, hand did never give. She has been outrag'd, slandered—aught I—but lost ! She could not fall—she did not—could n of fall ! a WALSINGIIAM.-011, she did stand aka is ! To truest heart. The sight of her was wonderful estranges vent, Weaning them for a time from things, Is )we'er Clung dotingly to before—that mitre: ;se s Have sadden'd to see eyes that blaz'd m them Ere they were turn'd away, turn back . again Listless and icy cold! Riches and rat Bestudded o'er and gilded, have look' blank To see themselves outshone without a gem ! Nay, very hostesses, whose only care Was to behold their costly huswirry Approv'd, have been discomfited to F Their tables crow n'd as ne'er they v (ere b efore f And she the only garnish of the be lard! At the close of the play Mr. Knowles was call ed for by the audience, and received with a burst of applause as. v.ordial as his own fine genius. --- The projected marriage of the Dc) wager Qneeu of Naples is now said to be doubtful. .A letter from the capital of the Two Sicilies, dated the sth instant, intimates that her Ma Testy a show of hesit a ti on on the part of the young noblem. "in is offended by Lord Londonderry, at the late Meet:tog " got up" to raise a Coron a ti on Di nner at t b .e public expense, is , reported to have cried out, " Let us have reason ; l et us have argioneA, t 1" His Lord ship is Cecoming acquainted with his own deficiencies-. NEGRO EMANCIPATION. MEETING OF - DELEGA TES. (THIS DAY.) The Delegate-A met again this morning at eleven o'clock. at Brown's Hotel, New Palace-yard. The attendance was very full, there being present nearly all the Members of the Delegation now in London. Sir George Strickland and Sir B. :Wilmot entered the room before the Chair was takes, and were greeted with much applause. Mr. C. Lushington was similarly received. Mr. Blair was unanimously voted to the Chair. Mr. WiLsoN moved that a Committee or six persons be appointed to confer with the Parliamentary friends of this sacred cause, as to the course which should be taken in the present critical state of aft - Mrs. Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Baines, and Mr. B. L. Bulwer, Members of Par liamod, came into the rnom whilst Mr. Wilson was speaking, and were rec i ced with great applause. The Rev. Air. SPENCEIt was opi)used to any secret conference. He thought that the course which the delegation meant to adopt should be stated openly. Afler some remarks to the same effect from Mr. Scobel and ( - Aber gen. Cemen, Mr. Si'uior and. Mr. WiLSON explained that the object of the ap. pointment of a Committee was that there might be kept up a communi. cation with their parliamentary friends, at times when the D:•legates were not to be got together. Mr. STUIWO wished to correct an error which had crept into the report of their friend, The Sun.—(Applause.) It was erroneously stated in the Paper of yesterday that the friends of emarcipatiun brought about the division on Tuesday night. It was no such thing; the division was brought on by their opponents.—(Hear.) Mr. BAINES, M.P., said that he thought that the division could not have taken place at a more favourable moment than after the excellent speech of Mr. Bulwer.—(Applause.) Mr. O'CONNELL said--Sir, I assure you that the division was brought on at that moment by the anti-slavery party.—(Laughter, and cries of no, no)—I beg pardon, I mean pro-slavery party.—(Laughter.) made a mistake. I call them anties, because they were against us and our holy cause.—(Cheers.) They provoktd the division—they chose the moment—they thought it favourable; and I thank God that they were mistaken.—(Cheers.) Sir E. WILMOT then rose to address the meeting, and was received with most enthusiastic cheering.- lie said that in the situation in which he had been placed by the confidence of the Delegates, of bringing for. ward the motion he had done in the House of Commons, he felt deeply the responsibility of that situ at , on, turd the tdfficulty in which the ques tion was placed. His friends who were here, particularly Mr. Sturge, knew very well that from the commencement he had taken to heart the subject of the entire abolition of slavery, and nothing on earth should prevent hint from taking every means, publicly anti privately, to effect that object. —(Great cheering.) He agreed v 41! the Honourable Member for Dublin, that it would not then be prtitivilt to state or detail the answer he meant to give to-night to Lord John Russell.—(Cheers.) He had deeply considered it i❑ all its bearings, and subject to the assistance of the kind friends around; he had completely made up his mind as to the answer he should give, subject, however to the revision of his other Parliamentary friends.—(Hear.) He felt himself, however, open at the same time to the advice, not only of the Members of the House of Commons, but from the Dele. gates themselves, from whom he would be nicst happy to receive any suggestion.—(Hear.) He felt that his character was the character of the Delegates.—(Ciieers.) He bad been grossly assailed as a person who had brought forward the question from personal motives, and for the purpose of gaining popularity. He denied most strenuously that he had had any such objects in view. —(Cheers.) He had taken the question up in his own county on time ground of the injustice and inhumanity of slavery.—(Loud . cheers.) lu that county he had been appointed the Chairman of a meeting on the subject, and he had also been honoured with a similar office at a great meeting at Exeter Hah ; but he would ask all present, if he did not signify that it was his wish that one snore capable than himself should have that honour?—(Cheers.) In conclusion, he wished to state that be felt his character was the character of the delegates ; and if his cha racter was injured by remarks of the description to which he had ad. verted, the character of the delegates was injured also, in having placed their ern fidence in a person that was unworthy of them. He wished to state this, in order that he might stand in a true and proper light before the public. He had advocated the question to the best of his abilities, and he could assure the Delegates that no power on earth should turn blur to the right or the left in carrying out the great principle of the entire abolition of slavery,—(Great cheering.) Atter a short discussion six gentlemen were appointed a Sub-Com mittee, to draw up the resolutions for the General Meeting 10-morrow. Mr. STURGIE said that if any of the other Members of Parliament present wished to offer any advice the Delegates would i,e happy to hear them. Sir G. STRICKLAND thought that the appointment of the Suh-Com mittee, in the propriety of which he entirely concurred, almost precluded the meeting from the impropriety of any discussion. The meeting had conferred upon the Committee all the powers they possessed. He was and always had been the friend of publicity, but he was the friend to it with discretion.—(Cheers.) He• thought the Member. of Parliament present ought not to prolong the meeting of the Committee by dis. cussion.—(Cheers.) Mr. WILSON proposed the hearty thanks of the meeting to their Parliamentary friends, for their attendance, which was most enthusias tically received and carried. Mr. lharn, the Chairman, trusted that they would see many of their Parliamentary friends to-morrow at the meeting.—;Cheers.) The Members present and the Sub-Committer then retired amid great cheering. R. PEAKS;, Esq.. having been called to the chair, The Rev. Mr. SPENCER then rose to propose the resolutions v,hieh he had given notice of yesterday : " 1. TO steal a man and sell him is a crime in the sight of God ;---t.) retain in bondage a man thus stolen and sold is not less a crime ;—the receiver being as bad as the thief. " 2. The which is a crime when one man is concerned, and for one life, becomes infinitely more heinous when the theft and sale India, 800,000 hum,n beings, and for many generations—lapse of time, t:o far from rendering right that which was at iginally wrong, only adding force to the demand for justice. " 3. That the continuance of slavery under any form gives life to the slave trade, which natims have in vain endeavoured to put down, but which would cease of itself when slavery is no longer tolerated. . . --- " 4. 'That all laws, which sanction the forcible . detention'of our fellow creatures, unconvicted of crime, are opposed to the )ivine will, which requires that men should lave their neighbour as themselves, acknow ledge all men as brethren, children of one common father, who is no re specter of persons, but has made of one blood all nations of men to dwell upon the earth. " 5, The Acts of Parliament plainly, contrary to tli; commands of the Supreme Being, me no more binding on the conscience than unlaw ful oaths or promises, to do that which God has forbidden ; the Legisla ture hay no more power to justify the stealiti,;, selling, or detaining of a man, than to justify murder itself. - - " 6. That the a;)prcnticed negroes being detained in bondage, not only without that command of God, which alone could sanction such bon dage, but in direct opposition to that command, it is not to be wondered at that all accounts from the West Indies manifest an extensive determi. nation on their part to adopt the system of passive resistance as the only means of obtaining that liberty which was their - birthright, and for which also tho people of England have paid 20,000,000/. " 7. That having regard to the example of the Apostle Paul, who, when detained unjustly for a short time and beaten with stripes, by his passive resistance, compelled the magistrates to comply with his just demands, it would be unjust in us to censure the negro, if, after patient endurance of oppression, he asserts his rights, without violenec, and re fuses any longer to be treated as a malefactor or a brute " 8. That as men we declare, that if we were this day enslaved and placed under the unjust oppression of a taskmaster, we would refuse to obey his orders; we would not, by timid servility, minister to his wealth ; we would not sanction his usurpation of our rights, or forfeit the privileges which, as men, we have a right to enjoy ; and since we are commanded to remember them that are in bonds as bound with them,' we consider the passive resistance which would t.e right in us, if we were unjustly placed in bondage, cannot be wrong in those who are now so placed." The Rev. Mr. JOHNSTON seconded the motion, because it was con sidered in mail) , parts that thcy were met for some political purpose. Had such been the case it would have been impossible to have got to gether such a number of religious •men. ' Their object was one most strictly moral and religious, and he took the Resolutions to be founded upon the Bible itself, and he would consent to nothing that was con_ trary to the doctrines which he preached from the inspired volume. If the resolutions were true, why not pass them, and lay them boldly before the whole world. Mr. J. W. ALEXLNDER recommended that the resolutions should not be pressed, because it was quite possible thatlthev might do much harm to the cause they all had so much at heart. They could not at present be passed unanimously, and unless that were done it would do more harm than good. Mr. KNIGHT heartily approved of every sentiment contained in the resolutions, but if Clay passed them new, would it not be something like a disapproval of their former declarations. To him it appeared that the resolutions were only an amplification of their former declarations, with which the public were already well acquainted. Mr. SCOBELL said, in point of form it was very inexpedient to consider the resolutions, as the labours of the sub-Committee might render them entirely unnecessary. The Rev. Mr. BUNTING could assure the meeting that he agreed with every resolution in the list, but he was aware of some facts which must become known hi a day or wetter !;:tve hee mach hope, but they made hint entreat Otte Speecer would withdraw them at present, Mr. Blair, the Chairman, and the Sub-Clmin;t:ec, now roturned, and said they had a very satisfactory meeting with their Parliamentary friends, and that they had agreed upon the course which ought to be pur sued o❑ the present occasion. He was not then at liberty robe more ex. plicit, but he mi ; 4iit say teat nothing would be done sacrifice: or even compromise the great principles upon which they were acting. Captain STEWART deprecated the resolutions—As a Christian he could not agree with them, and if passed he would conscientiously be oleiged to withdraw from among them. The Rev. MI. SPENCER rose to withdrew the resolutions until ano ther meeting. In doing so he said the, fear of pasrive resistance on the part of the slave was the only thing which sle , ok the determination of the planter, and if it was recomm . :nded, he thought the planters would come forward and say to the Ministry that they gave up the cause, and freed them from the necessity of opposing the resolution of the House of Commons. Mr. STANSFIELD rose to move a vote of thanks to Charles Harvey, Esq., solicitor, of Jamaica, for endeavouring to maintain the rights of the negro. lie had Lean much persecuted for the endeavours he had in,le in the glorious cause of humanity .1. STuitut.;, Esq., had the pleasure of knlwing the gentleman named in the res•lntiou, He was one of two solicitors, who were the only ones in who d.ded to take up the causes of the neAroes, and he had been touch persLcuted in consequence. He had need for their sym pathy, foe he bad suffered much both i❑ health and pocket. It was then ordered that the small pamphlet on Sugar Duties be distri Muted to-morrow at the end of the public meeting. '1 he meeting then adjourned. \V observe that a final meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Connell and Co. was held at their late bank, when it was unani hlously agreed that they were entitled to a release.—Carlisk Journal. The Cork :soutizern Reporter of Saturday says that the proceedings taken in the name of the Earl of Bandon, and at the instance of his Lordship's advisers, against his tenantry, under the ob solete statutes to which we have so often referred, have been abandoned, and that recourse has been had to the ordinary mode of procedure by eectu►ent. In puking down an old house in Ramsgate a few days since, the ski.lcton of a female was discovered in an up ri g ht p us. ture, jaint.lcd between two walls. Who the deceased was, or how her remains came into such a singular situation, remains, fur the present a mystery. The mackerel has made its early appearance oft' the west coast. Several of these fish acre caught during, the pa s t week, and sod at Whitehaven at the rate of 9d. each. The here ing has also. mit,e aw unusual early appeara n ce, as two or threewere last week caught in the nets off Whitehaven lutrbour.— Carlisle Journal. Tie New York S:lte Assembly collsits of 128 members :—Fa•ni,re, 60; merchants, '2O ; lawyers, '2O ; mechanics, 6; isilysimans, 6 ; manufacturers, 4 ; farmers and lawyers, '2 ; gentlemen, e ; printer, I ; carter , 1 ; schoolmaster, I ; bra, er, 1 ;mariner, 1; sundry, 3 One member is a fureigner, and he was born iu North Wales. The Wandering Piper states that he has already ~j i ven upwards of 4,0001. to charitable institutions in Great Britain :ml America; ample vouchers for these are always laid before talc chief magistrate of every mown lie visits.